Side by Size

《Side by Size》是个有点想法，但不多的逻辑解谜游戏。 核心机制挺有创意。主角有HP值，走到刺上会受伤，走到回血点上会回复，而围绕这个HP值的增减，关卡中的一些特殊方块会产生大小上的变化。当主角HP增加时，特殊方块会以某点为中心“生长”，而主角HP减少时则相反。显然，如果HP太多，就会让方块变得很大，堵住关卡中的一些关键路径，而HP太少，主角就会死亡。所以玩家必须仔细规划主角的HP，来完成一个个谜题。 本作也对核心机制进行了不少的拓展，主要是设计了多种不同的特殊方块。有的特殊方块只会向某一个方向生长，而有些特殊方块生长出来的并不是会堵住玩家的墙，而是别的东西，比如[spoiler]刺或者回血点[/spoiler]。 不过本作的谜题设计水平不高，大多数谜题都不需要怎么思考，每次新机制出现后，偶尔会有一些比较有意思的思路，但也是转瞬即逝。每个关卡的解题思路并不总是清晰，首先是大多数谜题比较简单，很多时候，我在真的深入思考关卡的考点是什么之前，手上就已经试出来了解法。而在一些比较难的关卡中，我也感觉比较难以提取出一条很清晰的思路，一方面，有的关卡就是单纯的要素很多，另一方面，这个和HP结合的机制本身也不是很直观，有些关卡给我的感觉就像是在做一些升级版“组合同步”类型的谜题（比如转盘拼图，给你几圈带图案的转盘，其中一圈转的时候也会带动其它某几圈转，目标是把上面的图案对准），除了试感觉也没什么很好的方法。 本作的游戏机制上也有一些比较模糊的地方，比如当多个特殊方块可以生长到同一个位置时，是按什么顺序选择谁优先，这个细节我感觉在某几个谜题当中是重要的，但是游戏中并没有让我产生一个确定的答案。 游戏体验和UI设计上，本作也略显粗糙。首先，本作没有撤销操作。然后，一个特殊方块可以缩小到“消失”，但只要主角HP增加，它就会重新出现，此时，UI上并没有对“消失”的特殊方块进行标识。还有，当一个特殊方块没有被“激活”（不会被HP影响的静止状态）时，UI上就不会显示这个特殊方块的种类。而且，当特殊方块变大时，可能会遮挡住地面上的刺或回血点，此时，这些被遮挡的物件也没有用额外的UI进行标识。 最后，我没有完成本作的所有关卡，但应该已经算是绝大多数了（119关），所以我的评测仅供参考，参考到什么程度可以自行斟酌。 总的来说，本作是一款有些创意，但是不管是谜题设计还是游戏体验设计都略显粗糙的作品。实在游戏荒可以一试，但比这个游戏好的解谜游戏肯定是有很多的。 结论：[b]可以推荐[/b]。

A nice set of small, but often satisfying puzzles. It's quite short and easily beatable in three or four hours, but it's still enjoyable, and the asking price is just right. I only see two issues with this game: the first one is that it starts in an awkwardly-sized window that you can't resize, and the key to toggle full screen mode isn't given anywhere in-game. (It's F4, for some reason.) The other issue is that difficulty is all over the place, and some levels left me thinking «Where was the puzzle in that?». But I wouldn't be surprised if there was more to them that I've missed.

虽然操作和画面上有点糙但关卡和机制不错

A short, easy but fun puzzle game. The concepts are fun to play with, it's similar in feeling to 'you control multiple characters, desync them by blocking one but not the other' but more in terms of numerical quantities that rise and fall based on global state. The music is very good! I'd love if there were a way to get the soundtrack (checked youtube and soundcloud, and don't know how to extract from Unity resources). I do have some nitpicks, namely: * there's lots of animation delay on moving, so if I want to go some place fast it's annoying. * No undo key! Luckily the puzzles are simple enough that I could do without it. * Some missing settings: Controls rebinding, resolution. Full screen toggle exists but is not documented (it's F4). * There's some overworld traversal jank - there exists a way to place a junction that the player stops at, but other times there's T and four way junctions that the player flows past in unintuitive ways. * Some of the puzzles are based on hidden information (priority between two identical things, elements not visible in the starting configuration) or have an annoyance (a long traversal time between two parts of the puzzle), but the puzzles are few and short enough in number that I could get over it. But if you want a puzzle game that'll take you 1-2 sessions to beat and is a fun simple time, this will do the trick.

A cute little puzzle game with some really neat mechanics! Each new mechanic's introduction feels natural leading to a very smooth difficulty curve. It's easy to keep saying "one more level" once you're in a groove. Catchy music too!

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Quick Description: -Side by Size is a a minimalist logic puzzle game that packs quite a punch. This game is a little rough around the edges, but it makes up for it w/ over 120 well designed, challenging, and innovative levels. There are a handful of mechanics that build upon each other as well as a good amount of secrets to be found. The UI isn't pretty, their is a slight bit of input delay, and their are a couple of odd difficulty spikes (there are a handful of very difficult levels between 50-60 and then most of the rest of the game is quite a bit easier imo). Fortunately, I can easily overlook all of this b/c this game is an absolute steal at $5. Consensus: -Solid Game (Tier 3 and makes up 35% of my reviews). I completed 90% of the game before giving up. This game has a couple of really tricky, creative, and thought provoking levels. In fact, I took a break for about 3 months b/c I was stumped by two of the levels around level 60, before coming back and finishing most of the rest of the game. Logic puzzle fans are sure to enjoy this one. Pick this gem up and don't look back!

It's cute for what it is, The rules are fairly straight forward and the time needed to beat each section is minimal. Some solutions are repeated, But it does a nice job of incorporating different tiles.

Lovely puzzle game with simple but very clever concept and a well-balanced difficulty curve. Well worth the price!